Ebook {Epub PDF} The Age of Attila: Fifth-Century Byzantium and the Barbarians by C.D. Gordon

 · The title of this book is The Age of Attila and it was written by C.D. Gordon. This particular edition is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is and it has a suggested retail price of $ It was published by University of Michigan Press and has a total of pages in the book/5(6). As the title of the book indicates however, The Age of Attila is primarily a narrative history of fifth-century Byzantium/Eastern Roman Empire's political and military dealings with barbarian peoples. Gordon's own preface explains his reasons for using the sources that he did: "the choice of authors I have translated is fairly obvious considering the custom of that age of one historian continuing the . The Age of Attila: Fifth-century Byzantium and the Barbarians Volume of Ann Arbor paperbacks: Authors: Colin Douglas Gordon, Arthur Edward Romilly Boak: 2/5(1).

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The Age of Attila, in Potter's expanded version, provides in English the most important literary sources for the immensely important period of the transition or decline, depending on one's view, of the Roman empire to the post-Roman kingdoms in the West, and for Roman history in the fifth century CE in general. As the title of the book indicates however, The Age of Attila is primarily a narrative history of fifth-century Byzantium/Eastern Roman Empire's political and military dealings with barbarian peoples. Gordon's own preface explains his reasons for using the sources that he did: "the choice of authors I have translated is fairly obvious considering the custom of that age of one historian continuing the work of his predecessor" (xii). The Age of Attila: Fifth-century Byzantium and the Barbarians Volume of Ann Arbor paperbacks: Authors: Colin Douglas Gordon, Arthur Edward Romilly Boak: Contributor: Arthur Edward Romilly Boak.